Table-bed.



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TABLE BED.

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TABLE BED.

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Patented Sept. 17, 1918.

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Ares n'rn one CARL R. KLOK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, 'IO UNITED TABLE-BED COMPANY, A CORPORATION. OF VIRGINIA.

TABLE-BED.

Specification of Iietters Patent.

, Patented Sept. 17,1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CARL R. KLoK, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Chicago, Cook county, Illinois,

have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Table-Beds, of which the following is a specification.

tion is to provide a novel and eliicient table bed of the foregoing general character.

,A special object is to provide an improved construction and arrangement whereby the bed may be unfolded without removing the upper wall of the table,and whereby the bed, when unfolded, is supported. by the table. i

It is also an object to provide certain de tails and features of construction tending to increase the general efficiency of-a-tablebed of this particular character,

' To these and other useful ends, my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a longitudinal section of a .table bed embodying the principles of my invention, showing the bed folded, being a section on line 1-1 in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on line 2-2 in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but showing the bed withdrawn from the table, in position for. unfolding.

Fig. l is a viewsimilar to Fig. 3, but

showing the bed unfolded, and also partly within the table for convenience of illustration. r

Fig. 5 is a .detailsection on line -55 in Fig. 3.

As thus illustrated, my invention comare supported in the usual manner, by said prises a body A, havingfixed legs ate at the four corners thereof. The top, B of said body has ends I), a back 6 'a hingedpart b and a fixed upper wall 5 A foot board If connects the two legs at oneiend of thetable with the two legs at the other end thereof.

Panels 6 connect the ends of said foot board with the ends 79 of the table top. The

.ends of the table are provided interiorly frame composed of sectioned, d and d Links d oneat each side, connect the sections cl and al together, and similar links d connect the sections d and 0Z The links d are longer'than thelinks 0Z to permit the section (1 to fold between the sections (Z and d The section d is provided with projections d which engage the tracks C.; All of the jointsof the bed frame D are of such character; it will be seen, that the said frame will fold upwardly, but when straightened' out will not foldv downwardly at any point. Thus the bed frame is self sustaining, but to prevent straining thereof, the section d is provided with fixed legs E at ,the outer end thereof, and the sections cl and d are provided with pivoted legs F and G. The upper-ends of the legs F, above the pivots thereof, are connected by links 7 with the frame links d Similar links 9 connect the upper ends of the legs G, above the pivots thereof, with the links d. Thus the legs F and G are adapted to automatically fold and unfold when the bed frameis folded and unfolded. When the bed is withdrawn from the table, as shown in Fig. 3, the legs E are disposed a distance from the legs of the table; but when the bed is folded inside the table, then the legs E come close to the legs of the table, and are disposed within recesses a in the front of the tablev legs. Thus the bed is folded and unfolded without the necessity of disturbing anything on the table.

The table is of proper proportions, and is 'of the proper height for writingor similar to have a metal, bed fabric (not shown) stretched thereon; The mattress and bedding .side up,-and when the frame is folded'the other end section d is right side-up below the middle section, and the-entire weight of the bed when thus folded is sustained by the. sliding section (1 of the frame. iAlthoughthe bed-frame is permanently connected to the table-body, and is partly supported thereby when in use, still it is also true that the bed-frame is practically entirely Outside of the'table-body when the bed is unfolded.

of the bed-frame is available as a seat in en'- tering and leavingtthe bed, which is the natural and most convenient method of use.

From the foregoing, therefore, it.will be seen that the invention involves a practical and simple method'of combining a table with a bed, and isdevised to solve many of the problems involved in the combining of these two pieces of furniture; It has certain advantages, as previously explained, as well as others, which will be obvious to those skilled in the art,.but the invention is not limited to the exact construction shown and described, as the construction can be changed or modified, it will be understood without departing from the spirit and the fundamental or broader conception of the invention.

What I claim as my invention is 1.. A folding bed comprising a furniture body having a fixed top, a three-section folding bed frame whereof'the inner end-section thereof is always right side 'up' and horizontal, having devices to connect the sections together, means on said body to support the I said permanently right-sid'e-up inner'endsection forsliding movement into nd out of said body, while the bed remains entirely folded serving to support-the end of'said inner end-section stationary while the other sections are being folded thereon to bring the outer end-section right side up below the middle section, folding legs to support the frame on the floor, the frame being pracby and horizontally above said sliding inthe folded bed below saidtop.

ner end-section when the'bed is folded, and I said body having means to entirely conceal an folding'bed comprising a body, a

folding bed frame having means at opposite sides thereof to slide horizontally on said body, in the direction in'which the bed unfolds, preliminary to any unfolding thereof,

and which frame is foldable to bring the lmattress and bedding entirely inside the extending below the horizontal plane of said means to support one end of said frame in extended port for t rectangular bundle formed thereby, means to limit said sliding movement, folding legs osition, said body forming a supiie other end of said bed,'and atop adaptedto conceal the bed Within said body In this way, the middle section 8. A folding bed comprisingfa body, a

folding bed frame having means at opposite sides thereof to slide horizontally on said body, in the direction in which the bed unfolds, preliminary to any unfolding thereof, and which frame is foldable to bring the mattress and bedding entirely inside the rectangular bundle formed thereby, folding legs extending below the horizontal plane of said means to support one end of said frame in extended position, said body forming a support for the other end of said bed, and a top adapted to-conceal the bed within said body and form with thelatter an ordinary table, said body forming one endof the b'ed'and having four fixed legs tosupport the folded bed within the table, fixed end and side walls rigid with sai'dtable-legs, and a movable front wall, said walls forming a compartment exclusively for said bed. 5

4. A folding bed comprising a body, a folding bed frame having means at opposite sides thereof to slide outward horizontally on said body, in the direction in which the bed unfolds, preliminary to any unfolding thereof, and which frame is foldable to bring the mattress and bedding entirely inside the rectangular bundle formed thereby, preliminary to inward sliding movement to bring said bundle into the. body, means to limit said sliding movement, folding legs extending below the horizontal plane of said means to support one end of said frame in extended position, said body formin a support'for the other end of'said' bed, an a top adapted toconceal the bed within said body and form with the latter an ordinary table, said; body having endwalls providedwith guides, said frame having pivotally connected sections one of which slides on said guides, the sliding section being permanentlyright-side up a fixed distance from the floor, and the other sectionsof the frame being manually operable to fold and unfold'the bed respectively before and after said inward and outward- T horizontal movements thereof, said frame folding transversely to bring the head and foot thereof together whenthe bed is folded.

5. A folding bed'comprisingabody, a

folding bed frame having means at opposite sidesvthereof to slide horizontally on'said body, in the direction in which the bed un folds, preliminary to any unfolding thereof, and which frame is foldable to bringthe mattress and bedding entirely inside thereotangular bundle formed thereby preliminary to inward sliding movement to bring said bundle into the body, means to limit said sliding movement, folding legs extending below the horizontal plane of said means to support one end of said frame in extended position, said body forming a support for the other end of said bed, and a top adapted to conceal the bed within said body and form with the latter an ordinary table, said body having end walls provided with guides, said frame having pivotally connected sections one of Which slides on said guides, the sliding section being permanently rightside up a fixed distance from the floor, and the other sections of the frame being manually operable to fold and unfold the bed respectively before and after said inward and outward horizontal movements thereof, said frame folding transversely about four transverse axes to bring the head and foot thereof together when the bed is folded.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 18th day of October, 1913.

CARL R. KLOK.

Witnesses:

RACHEL J. RICHARDSON, Rosn E. SEHNEM.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0. 

